Dates/Times: Sat Jan 19, Sat Feb 2, Sat Feb 23, Sat March 2, Sat March 16 all classes
from 1- 4pm (days/times from March 16 to August 31 will be determined with each
student individually)

Office Hours: Mondays 3pm to 5pm or by appointment or contact via Skype:kelly.lyons310

Meeting Room: We will meet in BL520 in the Bissell Building on the
University of Toronto St. George Campus. For thousands of years, the land on
which the University of Toronto operates has been the traditional land of the
Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River. Let us acknowledge that
our meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across
Turtle Island and let us be grateful to have the opportunity to work and learn
on this land.

Course Description

INF 3910Y, Workplace Project is worth 1 FTE and spans
terms 5 and 6 in the executive delivery option of the Information Systems and
Design (ISD) Concentration. It comprises a student’s 8 month
work placement project in their current place of employment in the area of
information systems and design and the completion of a number of deliverables
throughout that workplace project. Students will complete a medium-scale
independent information systems design project under the supervision of their workplace
and Faculty of Information culminating in a written report, demonstration,
and/or oral presentation.

The objectives of this course are to provide students with an
opportunity to apply the knowledge, techniques, and methods they are learning
in the ISD concentration within their current workplace. In doing so, they will
augment their classroom learning with important and complementary applied
expertise and experience. This will enable them to better understand the
constraints and challenges of applying theoretical and general concepts within
specific contexts and, at the same time, the opportunities and benefits of
doing so. Students will also learn the best ways to be able to make future
contributions within their workplace based on their course-based learning in
the MI program.

Course Learning Outcomes

Following the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

·Identify concepts and knowledge learned in ISD
courses that apply in a specific context (assessed through assignments 1 and 5)

MI SLO #1: Students understand and are conversant with
fundamental concepts, theories, practices, and the diverse horizons of
information disciplines, and can respond to changing information practices and
needs of society. – Students will identify concepts, theories, practices that
apply and respond to needs within their workplace setting

MI SLO #5 Students develop an understanding of the
application of new technological developments to the preservation and
communication of information, and in the identification of the impact of such
developments on society. – Students apply technological developments learned in
the ISD concentration within the real world
environment of their workplace

MI SLO #6 Students continue in life-long intellectual growth
beyond graduation. – By situating student learning in the context of their
workplace, students will master the skills associated with long-term
professional learning.

Structure of Course

In the winter term, this course will be offered in a modular format
meeting roughly every two weeks. This will enable the students to meet as a
cohort in the early stages of the project definition and planning to support
their ability to learn from one another and share challenges and ideas.There will also be weekly activities that
students must complete.In the summer
term, a regular meeting schedule will be established with each student that
supports the individual nature of their specific workplace project. Throughout
the two terms, a meeting schedule with the workplace supervisor will be
arranged that satisfies the requirements of the project and the needs of the
workplace supervisor and student.

Readings and materials will be identified for all students to help prepare them
for Assignment 1. Specific additional readings and materials for individual
students will be determined based on the defined deliverables, as needed.

Assignments (all of these are individual assignments)

·Assignment 1: Project proposal, plan, and
specific student-defined goals / learning outcomes (reviewed and approved by
instructor and workplace supervisor). The proposal will indicate the
justification / need for the project, the scope of the project, and will
describe how carrying out the project will make use of the concepts learned in
ISD courses.The proposal and plan will
identify 3 deliverables (including measures for assessing achievement of those
deliverables) and due dates that will be accomplished through the workplace
project. These deliverables will make up the next three assignments. (20%) Drafts of each section will be reviewed each class leading up to theDue Date: March 16, 2019 at 1:00pm.

·Assignment 2:Deliverable 1 This will typically be one of:
data collection and analysis, a literature review or review of existing tools
or techniques, a model of some aspect of the workplace, etc. (15%) Due sometime in April 2019

·Assignment 3:Deliverable 2 This will typically be one of: a
low-fidelity prototype, a selection of tools and justification, a comparison of
different approaches, etc., (20%) Due sometime in June 2019

·Assignment 4:Deliverable 3 This will be the final project
outcome (typically one of: an implementation, a report, a prototype, a detailed
set of models, etc.) and demonstration and/or oral presentation (to workplace
supervisor and instructor) (20%) Due sometime in mid-August 2019

·Assignment 5:A
report reflecting on the project outcomes in relation to concepts learned in
the course, the proposal, plan, and a reflection and assessment of the
student-defined goals / learning-objectives (~1000 words) (20%) Due August 31, 2019 at 11:59pm.

·Workplace
supervisor evaluation (this will be a survey) (5%)To be completed
between completion of Assignment 4 and August 31, 2019

Grading:
This course will be graded “credit/non-credit” The CR/NCR will be assessed by the
course instructor based on the assignment deliverables and an evaluation by the
workplace supervisor.

Cite it Right
covers relevant parts of the U of T Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters
(1995). It is expected that all iSchool students take the Cite it Right
workshop and the online quiz.Completion
of the online Cite it Right quiz should be made prior to the second week of
classes. To review and complete the workshop, visit the orientation portion of
the iSkills site: https://inforum.library.utoronto.ca/workshops/orientation

Accommodations

Students with
diverse learning styles and needs are welcome in this course. If you have a disability
or a health consideration that may require accommodations, please feel free to
approach me and/or the Accessibility Services Office http://www.studentlife.utoronto.ca/ as soon as possible. The Accessibility
Services staff are available by appointment to assess needs, provide referrals
and arrange appropriate accommodations. The sooner you let them
and I know your needs, the quicker we can assist you in achieving your learning
goals in this course.